Dieter Oesterhelt (1940 – 2022)
Eminent biochemist known for the discovery of bacteriorhodopsin and as a pioneer of optogenetics passed away
David A. Evans (1941 – 2022)
Eminent organic chemist known, e.g., for work on chiral auxiliaries passed away
Jirō Tsuji (1927 – 2022)
Eminent chemist known for pioneering work on palladium-catalyzed reactions passed away
Martin Pope (1918 – 2022)
Pioneer in molecular semiconductor research passed away
Andrew Streitwieser (1927 – 2022)
American chemist known for his pioneering work on molecular orbital theory passed away
Nikos Katsaros (1938 – 2022)
Former President of the Association of Greek Chemists (Ένωση Ελλήνων Χημικών) passed away
Robert H. Grubbs (1942 – 2021)
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, well-known for his work on olefin metathesis, passed away
Nadrian C. Seeman (1945 – 2021)
Founder of DNA nanotechnology has passed away
Ulf Diederichsen (1963 – 2021)
Bioorganic chemist and President of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities has passed away
Jack D. Dunitz (1923 – 2021)
Well-known crystallographer passed away
Gottfried Huttner (1937 – 2021)
Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has passed away
Ei-ichi Negishi (1935 – 2021)
Japanese chemist and 2010 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry has passed away
Richard Ernst (1933 – 2021)
Swiss physical chemist and Chemistry Nobel Laureate well-known for his work on NMR spectroscopy has passed away
Susan Odom (1980 – 2021)
Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, who developed redox-active materials passed away
Siegfried Hünig (1921 – 2021)
German chemist best known for Hünig's base, or N,N-diisopropylethylamine, passed away
Magda Ariel (1924 – 2021)
Pioneering researcher in instrumental analytical chemistry and electrochemistry passed away
Paul J. Crutzen (1933 – 2021)
Chemistry Nobel Laureate who is best known for his work on ozone depletion has passed away
Klaus Hafner (1927 – 2021)
Eminent organic chemist, formerly at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, passed away
Victor Snieckus (1937 – 2020)
Organic chemist, known for the directed ortho metalation reaction (DoM) among other things, passed away